Table 1.
Description of study population
| Range of values | Frequency (%) | Mean (SD) | |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 1776 (69.6) | ||
| Male | 776 (30.4) | ||
| Age | |||
| 20–30 | 274 (10.8) | ||
| 31–40 | 697 (27.4) | ||
| 41–50 | 667 (26.2) | ||
| 51–60 | 432 (16.9) | ||
| 61–70 | 318 (12.5) | ||
| >70 | 159 (6.2) | ||
| Marital status | |||
| Married/cohabiting | 1962 (78) | ||
| Single/divorced/widow(er) | 552 (22) | ||
| Life events | 0–9 | 0.54 (0.89) | |
| SCL-5 | 1–5 | 2.00 (0.98) | |
| Reality weakness | 0–9 | 1.38 (1.85) | |
| Alcohol to cope | |||
| Never | 1769 (71) | ||
| Any frequency | 722 (29) | ||
| Main field of work | |||
| Companion animal practice | 802 (31.8) | ||
| Public administration | 402 (15.9) | ||
| Mixed clinical practice | 268 (10.6) | ||
| Academia/research | 202 (8.0) | ||
| Production animal practice | 177 (7.0) | ||
| Aquaculture | 121 (4.8) | ||
| Equine practice | 102 (4.0) | ||
| Other | 250 (9.9) | ||
| Pensioner | 198 (7.9) | ||
| Job stress | |||
| Emotional demands | 1–5 | 1.98 (0.79) | |
| Work/life balance | 1–5 | 2.67 (0.97) | |
| Fear of complaints | 1–5 | 3.06 (1.17) | |
| Connection to work–life | |||
| Employed | 1561 (63.0) | ||
| Self-employed | 573 (23.1) | ||
| Other | 217 (8.8) | ||
| Two or more connections to work life | 127 (5.1) | ||
| Position type | |||
| Permanent position | 2023 (88.1) | ||
| Temporary position | 70 (3) | ||
| Temporary educational position | 50 (2.2) | ||
| Other | 153 (6.7) | ||
| Working full time | 1922 (81.1) | ||
| Frequency of working overtime (weekly or biweekly) | 1550 (67.9) |
SCL-5, Symptom Check List-5.